HIPPE SIPPE
Performance Young FFT Theatre & Performance
Papa, papi, palm tree, a paintbox, and a pan. Or is it mama, mami, the mouth organ, and godmother? Or mother, father, the bathtub, the cuddly toy, and friends? Who, all things considered, is part of the family? Family is many things. Family can do many things. Celebrate festivities, provide consolation, making you think or laugh. In ‘Hippe Sippe’, four humans decide to become a family. Everybody is bringing something else to the table. They relish their quarrels, they dance, fool around, and they dismiss everything, time and again. ‘Hippe Sippe’ broaches the issue of the broad variety within families, for children and adults alike, while expanding the traditional notion of family. Going beyond convention, ‘Hippe Sippe’ gleefully deals with queerness, diversity, and determined agency.
cast
German-Mexican choreographer and performer Daniel Ernesto Müller lives and works in Düsseldorf. He began his academic career at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt on the Main where he studied for a primary and secondary teaching degree. Following his first state examination and several different university teaching assignments, he then took up studies at Folkwang University of the Arts to become a stage dancer, graduating with a diploma in 2010. During his studies, he started collaborating with choreographer Ben J. Riepe, as a performer. In 2011, he founded artist duo HARTMANNMUELLER together with Simon Hartmann. Since 2021, Daniel Ernesto Müller has also been concentrating his efforts on the development of proprietary artistic formats aimed at a young audience.
credits
In co-produktion with the FFT Düsseldorf and Ringlokschuppen Ruhr, Mülheim. Supported by Kunststiftung NRW as well as by the Cultural Department of the State Capital of Düsseldorf.